Halloween Hat Knitting Patterns

Halloween is kind of a mixed bag weather wise around the United States. Some places it’s already cold, while in others it still almost feels like summer. Where I live it can be either extreme, and it seems like lately it always rains, or at least threatens to rain, for trick or treating.

If you’re somewhere that’s cool for spooky season, you might want to knit a hat with a Halloween theme. This collection of Halloween hat knitting patterns (and one ear warmer!) is sure to have something to help keep you cozy and seasonally appropriate.

Boo! by Anu Vehkomäki features ghosts and the word boo around the bottom of the hat in stranded colorwork. It’s worked in aran weight yarn and is one size to fit an adult. It’s found on Ravelry.

The Poison Apple Knit Beanie from Clickety Sticks depicts a wicked looking fruit in purple and black — though of course you can use any colors you like. It’s worked flat from the bottom up in worsted weight yarn and is adult sized.

Cassandra May’s Striped Halloween Witch Hat, available on Ravelry, is sized for newborns up to 2T and is the perfect stash busting hat with a Halloween twist. It uses worsted weight yarn.

The kids black cat hat knitting pattern from Gina Michelle is worked in the round with stranded knitting and is just too cute for a cat-loving kiddo. It’s worked in worsted weight yarn and sized for a 2-3 year old.

Tara Marie’s Little Ghost Hat is sized from baby to adult and features a Pac-Man style ghost added to a simple hat with duplicate stitch. It uses worsted weight yarn and is worked in the round. You can check it out and Fox and Pine Stitches.

The Spooky Night Beanie Pattern from Lizzy Knits Shop features a long foldover brim and fun colorwork with ghosts and other stranded colorwork designs. The pattern includes charts and written instructions and is worked with worsted weight yarn. You can get the pattern on Etsy.

And since I did promise an earwarmer, check out the Little Skulls Headband from Sara Rosado on Ravelry. This is a great beginner stranded knitting project and is sized for kids and adults. It uses worsted weight yarn.

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Many times when I write these posts I will say something like “you can use any yarn you want” or “this would be a great stash-busting project.” That’s just how my mind works. And my stash, too, since I probably have sweater quantity of two or three yarns at most, but tons of singles and odd balls and leftovers.

Blankets are generally a really good way to use up those bits, but in this case, I think you’re going to want to plan it out a bit better.

Looking at photos of the Color Study Blanket from Purl Soho, it looks like it’s made with two yarns held together, and that block in the center is worked with one of each color from the adjoining sides to make a mixed up color.

But that’s not actually how it’s done. This is three separate colors (four, really, with the neutrals in the corners) chosen form a yarn with an expansive palette so they play off each other. The project calls for a worsted weight superwash wool, which is a great choice for a blanket that’s both warm and washable.

This pattern was originally designed by Laura Ferguson and was updated by Hiromi Glover. It is worked in one piece in garter stitch intarsia, which is a great way to learn the intarsia technique if you don’t already know it. It comes in crib or throw sizes.

Despite the introduction to this post, I am going to go ahead and say that, yes, of course you could do this blanket with scraps or odd balls or even just choose five colors that don’t blend together so easily. But I really do love the look of the color play, and I think it would be worth your time to find colors that play well together to get a similar effect.

This pattern is available for free from Purl Soho.

[Photo: Purl Soho]

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